Deborah Seligsohn

Deborah Seligsohn works with the World Resources Institute’s Climate and Energy Program as its Principal Advisor for China and Climate. Her focus is on deepening research collaboration and the development of useful policy tools to address climate change issues. She comes to WRI from the U.S. State Department, where she had over 20 years’ experience working on energy and environment issues in China, India, Nepal and New Zealand. Her most recent position was as Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor on Beijing. She has a master’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, and her BA is from Harvard University in East Asian Studies. She speaks fluent Chinese and some Hindi.

In the News:

• Deborah Seligsohn discusses national air quality policy, in “Beijing pushes to reduce air pollution,” Financial Times, July 31, 2012
• Deborah Seligsohn discusses China’s energy consumption in “China Focuses on Clean Energy, Sustainability”, Engineering News-Record, March 5, 2012
• Deborah Seligsohn on Beijing city’s implementation of new air quality measures in “Beijing’s New Year surprise: PM 2.5 readings”, CNN, January 27, 2012
• Deborah Seligsohn discusses Chinese authorities’ response to air pollution in “Clearing the air?”, The Economist, January 14, 2012
• Deborah Seligsohn addresses China’s growing energy demand in “A Consumption Conundrum”, The Wall Street Journal, December 06, 2011
• Deborah Seligsohn on China’s “State of the Environment 2010” report in “China Faces ‘Very Grave’ Environmental Situation, Officials Say”, New York Times, June 3, 2011
• Deborah Seligsohn on China’s redoubling of efforts to meet its carbon intensity target in “Delegates Told to ID Achievable Goals on Climate”, Associated Press, October 4, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn on China’s continued efforts to meet its energy intensity goals in “China Struggles to Meet Energy Efficiency Goals”, New York Times, September 16, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn comments on former Chinese climate negotiator’s blunt challenge to industrialized nations in “China Sustains Blunt ‘You First’ Message on CO2”, New York Times Dot Earth blog, September 2, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn on China building new, more efficient power plants in “China will spend $75B annually on clean-energy technologies”, American Public Media, August 9, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn on Chinese energy consumption in “China Under Pressure, Takes a Lead on Going Green”, MSNBC, April 22, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn in “China’s first national pollution census: What does it mean for your business in the next five years?”, CSR Asia, February 18, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn in “China Releases First National Pollution Census”, New York Times, February 9, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn in “China taps U.S. for solar thermal power plants”, msnbc, January 10, 2010
• Deborah Seligsohn in “Green Giant”, New Yorker, December 21, 2009

Additional Information:

• Deborah Seligsohn’s homepage

Publications:

• CCS in China: Toward an Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulatory Framework
• Testimony by Deborah Seligsohn to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, April 1, 2010
• China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge
• Mitigation Actions in China: Measurement, Reporting and Verification